Successful Independent Consulting

SEPTEMBER 16, 2017

Remember, even your higher rate will be cheaper in comparison.) A seasoned practitioner will be more effective and efficient and will therefore be a better “buy.” Ask if the budget has already been approved. What’s been done in this area so far? Is there already a consulting firm involved that you’ll be working with?

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Consulting Real Estate Policies Operations 236

Harvard Business

MARCH 13, 2017

These technologies increase productivity by making workers more skilled and efficient, and thus have the potential to yield both more economic growth and better jobs. Efficiently delivering information to them that enhances their performance is essential.

Video 133

Video Education Productivity Industry 133

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

Thus an entrepreneur running a small startup shouldn’t be seen as so awesomely meritorious, especially in comparison to corporate executives who maintain the higher-paying, higher-productivity, higher-innovation jobs. Smith observed that this system rarely worked efficiently or flawlessly.

Small Business 113

Small Business Comparison Productivity Company 113

Harvard Business

JUNE 30, 2016

In comparison to other methods (such as Six Sigma or activity-based costing), ZBB typically does not address operational excellence in core processes (marketing, sales, supply chain, procurement, manufacturing) or fundamental cost drivers such as portfolio complexity, organizational complexity, customer complaints, and quality issues.

Company 113

Company Benchmarking Travel Policies 113

Tom Spencer

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Profitability ratios Net interest margin (NIM) Efficiency ratio Return on assets (ROA) Fee income to total income Return on equity (ROE) Dividend payout ratio Total shareholder return (TSR) 1.1 All else being equal, a higher ROA is better as it indicates stronger profitability and more efficient asset utilization.

Metrics 88

Metrics Banking Balance Sheet Efficiency 88

Harvard Business

JULY 12, 2017

Thus a trust and efficiency engine like blockchain technology has the potential to drive radical change in the insurance industry while improving transparency and outcomes across the entire value chain. Herein, as with all insurance, is where the concept of utmost good faith is laid bare.

Insurance 131

Insurance Insurance Industry Policies 131

Harvard Business

AUGUST 1, 2016

An estimated 21% of carbon emissions in the United States are attributable to companies, and yet to date there is scant research on how to make firm operations more efficient in terms of reducing pollution. For many years, teams at Virgin Atlantic have been testing ways to motivate efficient decision-making in the cockpit.

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Efficiency Metrics Study Groups 70

Harvard Business

MAY 8, 2018

Our research , which focused on CEO succession in the American health care system, examined the impact of CEO succession on productivity and efficiency. The result of frontier analysis is an index for each firm describing its efficiency at transforming inputs into outputs relative to the best performers operating at comparable scale.

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Study Productivity Efficiency Analysis 71

Seth Godin Blog

MAY 30, 2014

At first, the process of lowering your price involves smart efficiencies. To cut the price a dollar on that ebook or ten dollars on that plane ticket (discounts that few, in the absence of comparison, would notice very much) you have to slash the way things are edited, or people are trained or safety is ensured.

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eBook Comparison Efficiency Training 56

Harvard Business

AUGUST 29, 2017

In comparison, the U.S., As such, tacit knowledge can become more explicit; sharing information or best practices can become advantageous; and learning from one another’s common experiences can accelerate the spread of business efficiencies across the global organization. ” 5.

Culture 134

Culture How To Report Case Interview 134

MishTalk

SEPTEMBER 24, 2013

However, I will suggest that many such comparisons that I have seen are invalid. Did it have dual pane energy efficient windows? Thus, all such comparisons are totally invalid. Easy Comparisons. Gasoline is also an easy comparison. But how valid is such an approach? I suggest, not very. For example. Appliances?

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Comparison Sales Government Engineering 61

Consultant Ninja

JULY 27, 2009

I fail to see the logic that the government will be more efficient at building operational structures than the private sector. However, I'm puzzled by the logic that government will be able to design an industry organizational structure that is more efficient than the private sector. Not sure about the Pepsi/Coke comparison.

Consulting 113

Consulting Insurance Insurance Oliver Wyman 113

The Source

MARCH 6, 2019

Clients are engaged in all manner of contingency planning, delaying or bringing forward key decisions, efficiency savings and much else besides. Since the referendum in June 2016, the process has acted as a vortex, sucking in energy from across sectors. In this respect Brexit-related work contains echoes of other recent upheavals.

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Comparison Energy Efficiency Data 45

Tom Spencer

MAY 5, 2023

Military strategy has long been a source of wisdom for the field of business, inspiring countless comparisons. Although he was eventually defeated, Napoleon held his ground through efficiency and agility. Known for planning battles extensively and preparing for any situation, Napoleon was a deft commander.

Strategy 88

Strategy Strategy Strategy& Agile 88

Harvard Business

AUGUST 10, 2018

Workday could provide even more detailed analyses and benchmarking comparisons than ADP or SAP Fieldglass on the workforce. Imagine if all manufacturers had, for example, a supply chain efficiency score, or all companies had a leadership development score.

Benchmarking 70

Benchmarking Software B2B Comparison 70

Harvard Business

APRIL 25, 2016

There are hundreds of planes, thousands of pilots, flight attendants, mechanics, and ground crews that must be properly deployed for the system to work efficiently. The result is that millions of people self-organize in a way that the supply of rides rises to meet the demand for them in a very efficient manner.

Airlines 70

Airlines Software Efficiency System 70

Harvard Business

JULY 3, 2018

Working on them often feels more clumsy than efficient, which is another subtle factor in why we don’t do them. Here’s a personal example: Reading the work of writers who are better than I am is useful for improving my skills, but it triggers envy and social comparison.

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How To Examples Strategy Strategy 134

Harvard Business

JULY 31, 2017

The higher the share of cannibalization and the higher the investment devoted in comparison to competitors/peers, the bolder the strategy; using our classificiation, we found four distinct clusters. Successful digital transformations are significantly less focused on cost efficiency and more focused on new products or new customers.

Strategy 71

Strategy Strategy Strategy& ROI 71

Harvard Business

JULY 25, 2017

Comparing marketing efficiency with competitors. ” Measuring how efficiently the marketing organization is using the company’s money keeps everyone accountable for using those funds wisely. That challenge, however, pales in comparison with the difficulty of measuring incremental financial value.

ROI 71

ROI Marketing Financial Sales 71

Tom Spencer

APRIL 11, 2020

Define them as clearly as you can so that you can make objective comparisons between them. Sales efficiency. If you are lucky, one segment will stand out clearly above all others. More likely there will be a number of clearly bad segments and several promising ones. Objectively compare each segment.

Sales 78

Sales Comparison Productivity Data 78

The Nonprofit Consultant

MAY 13, 2011

That pundits outside the sector were saying it, we could brush aside as the rantings of somebody who didn't know how efficient and cost-effective most nonprofits really are, but when our funders - including government at all levels - joined in, many of us took it seriously and at least explored mergers, whether they were completed or not.

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Nonprofit Government Comparison Efficiency 45

Management Consulted

AUGUST 1, 2013

In comparison to many strategy consulting firms, Oliver Wyman consultants tend to specialize earlier in their career. This focus on efficiency is a major defining characteristic of the high-performance culture at Oliver Wyman. Retail and Business Banking. Wealth and Asset Management. Public Policy. Corporate and Finance and Advisory.

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Oliver Wyman Interviews Mercer NERA Economic Consulting 201

Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

We wanted to calibrate trust holistically so we could measure it and develop global comparisons. Collectively, these four dimensions provide a comprehensive framework for calibrating digital trust, facilitating cross-country comparisons and benchmarking. This translates into different ways to measure trust.

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Survey Data Comparison Methodologies 88

Brimstone Consulting

MAY 3, 2021

In comparison, only 24% of leaders who reported not feeling used up said they had to leave to advance, and only 6% expected to leave their current company within the next year. Looking at high-potential employees who aspire to leadership, 86% reported feeling used up at the end of their workday, a 27% increase over the past year.

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Survey Report Comparison Interviews 98

Epicflow

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Project Groups: A Useful Instrument for Efficient Portfolio Management Similar to multigroups, where you can unite multiple resource groups based on common characteristics and check related data from the high to the low (resource) level, we’ve developed the same feature for projects.

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Resources Data Management Analysis 147

Billable Percentage

MARCH 12, 2017

Here’s the equation: ( Hours Working) x (Efficiency Multiple). __. A work phone increases both the efficiency of your work and the stress of work. You become more efficient because you can be in contact with a client or coworker anytime, anywhere. Affect on Equation: Efficiency UP, Lack of Stress DOWN. Work more.

Efficiency 40

Efficiency Comparison Financial Company 40

Tom Spencer

AUGUST 10, 2019

Efficiency ?: Let’s now dive into how to elaborate on the comparison table (MS Word vs. Grammarly). Efficiency. Now I have two ideas that would improve the usability and efficiency of the current version of Grammarly. These key design principles are: Usefulness : is the product solving a key pain point? Usefulness.

Productivity 60

Productivity Examples Interviews Efficiency 60

Harvard Business

JULY 26, 2018

While many critics like to imply that modern organizations pursue the operational efficiency and greater productivity at the expense of equity and fairness, all available evidence in these contexts suggests that there is no such trade-off: Algorithms deliver more-efficient and more-equitable outcomes.

Research 70

Research Policies Study Data 70

Harvard Business

APRIL 15, 2016

Take the example of a California-based electric utility that nudged 35,000 of its customers by sending reports comparing their electricity use to “average” and “efficient” peers. Nudge psychology would predict that such comparisons should encourage conservation.

Journal 70

Journal Marketing Energy Examples 70

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 17, 2018

Based on this finding, we initiated a program to coach our sales teams to focus on efficiently building and growing their internal and external networks. This and other findings encouraged our sales leaders to revamp internal business processes such as business reviews and forecasting meetings to be more efficient.

Sales 71

Sales Data Enterprise Analysis 71

freshminds

SEPTEMBER 22, 2015

Comparison websites. Having a high rating on a comparison website is therefore imperative. They’ll search for the store's website, and if this isn’t mobile friendly, potential sales are almost certainly lost as customers can’t get to the information they want quickly and efficiently.

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Retail Comparison Sales Media 40

The Nonprofit Consultant

OCTOBER 26, 2006

First off, his comparison of confidence ratings is to "the summer of 2001" - before 9/11, and before the resulting Red Cross scandals. He might be surprised to learn how professional and efficient the nonprofit sector really is. That would also precede the Enron scandal as well. Mr. James really should learn more about nonprofits.

Nonprofit 40

Nonprofit Comparison Education Efficiency 40

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 11, 2016

Over the past five years, HR organizations have undergone a significant transformation in how they use data – from simply reporting historical performance and efficiency to using data to predict future outcomes and manage risk. Confronting the facts.

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Talent Recruiting Recruitment Survey 70

Organizational Talent Consulting

JUNE 6, 2022

In contrast, great change leadership maximizes business speed, efficiency, and innovation. Also, 360 leadership surveys that gather feedback from your leader, peers, and direct reports create the opportunity to identify hidden strengths and blind spots as well as comparisons between yourself and others. Learning from thought leaders.

Leadership 52

Leadership Journal Change Management Study 52

MishTalk

SEPTEMBER 11, 2014

It is one of the world’s least efficient energy consumers and its supply crunch is being compounded by falling coal production in the Donbass region, which has been affected by conflict. “Today Poland put in an order for 11 mcm a day, and Russia confirmed orders for 7mcm. Those 4mcm are our reverse flows.”

Energy 63

Energy Comparison Conference Groups 63

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 22, 2016

The SEC’s new disclosure requirement implements a section of the Dodd-Frank Act of 2010 that seeks to expose extreme pay gaps within corporations and to permit cross-company comparisons of CEO-worker pay inequality.

Exercises 70

Exercises Report Pharmaceuticals Financial 70

Harvard Business

JUNE 20, 2018

In this view, an independent and external body best regulates teachers, in which teachers are part of an accountable and efficient production system. The survey notes for comparison purposes, “workers in the general population report that work is stressful 30% of the time.”

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Education Survey Training Training 71